This is quite interesting. Shooting raw is especially useful for images that have a large range between highlights and shadow. In those cases, software can operate on the raw to pull the information out of the blown out areas. I'll have to try it on the phone and see what I think.

Today EFF is pleased to announce Let’s Encrypt, a new certificate authority (CA) initiative that we have put together with Mozilla, Cisco, Akamai, IdenTrust, and researchers at the University of Michigan that aims to clear the remaining roadblocks to transition the Web from HTTP to HTTPS.

This is how I adjust my side mirrors. It works pretty good. I check them when I'm on the interstate by confirming that when a car leaves my rear view mirror, it shows up in the side mirror. Try it out, it's for safety.

We've talked about how your mirrors should be set up to safely remove your vehicles blind spots, but finding the sweet spot for each mirror can be tricky. This method makes it easier to adjust your mirrors properly in any vehicle.

Will a dropped feather and ball dropped from the same height at the same time hit the ground at the same time? Galileo says yes, our experience says no because of air resistance. Here Brian Cox tests the theory.

If told you that any K-12 student in the US can get full access to all O'Reilly books and videos via a free Safari subscription, you'd be looking for the catch. There isn't one (except that it's only open to US students - sorry. If anyone has ideas about how we can validate young people in other countries, we can explore adding them.

+Andrew Savikas explains how this came about. Congratulations to the Safari team, especially +Keith Fahlgren, who took the bit in his teeth and figured out how to make this happen. I particularly like how the Safari team figured out how to make this an internet self-service play rather than something we had to work through bureaucratic channels.

And thanks to the folks at the White House, who used their convening power to get a whole lot of donations to help kickstart better STEM education in America.﻿

It's a dark day for personal space bubbles everywhere: JetBlue is about to cram 15 more seats into its Airbus A320. What's more, after being one of the only remaining major airline holdouts, it's also finally caving in and tacking on baggage fees. Delightful.